MainWP Blog - 2017

“If you build it, they will come.” Ray Kinsella, Field of Dreams Yeah. . .  no that won’t happen. I’m sure you have figured that out by now. Everyone keeps preaching that you should have content. Of course, by content, there are many different types of content, but blog posts seem to be the most popular form of content as many professionals know how to write. Regardless the form of content, you need to promote the content. Content promotion is often Continue reading the post...

Earlier today ManageWP announced on their Facebook page that “ It appears that ManageWP has been blocked by EIG (Bluehost & HostGator confirmed so far), resulting in EIG hosted websites showing up as disconnected.” At this point it looks as if these EIG hosted companies have blocked ManageWP’s IP address breaking the connection to their Dashboard. As a company we at MainWP hope this was just an accidental block and not something done intentionally by EIG to block GoDaddy (ManageWP’s Continue reading the post...

When it comes to project management for WordPress designers, it can be a difficult process to sloth through. There are so many project management tools on the market you can get carried away trying them all. Usually, when project management comes up with a web professional, I advise they decide what is important to their business. For example, do you have a team? How many do you have on your team? What needs do you have? It is quite difficult Continue reading the post...

In this month’s roundup, we are talking content. Specifically, 9 types of content that will fail. Also, we are looking at a list of “massive online publications” that use WordPress for their content platform. It’s October, a time for cooler weather, Halloween, and things scary. Today, we are going to look at ways to not create scary content featuring an article about content that will always fail. In addition, we will look at some massive online publishers and a new Continue reading the post...

Often, when a product review is completed, it is difficult to know the relationship. They are simply affilliate marketing articles without the disclosure. This is just one issue with reviews and affiliate marketing. A lack of disclosing relationships is disingenuous at best and dishonest at its worst. We have a legal and ethical responsibility to disclose our affiliate relationships. Disclaimer: Do not use this article as legal advice, it is not intended as such. Do your own research! Why have Continue reading the post...

In this month’s WordPress podcast roundup, we take a look building community with Hallway Chats, specializing with WordPress Elevation, and eCommerce habits with WP eCommerce. Hallway Chats – Episode 16: Alison Knott Allison Knott is a WordPress professional and a community manager. She is extremely engaging and the guest on this episode of Hallway Chats. Hallway Chats is a podcast which is hosted by Tara Claeys and Liam Dempsey. The podcast launched in the middle of 2017 and already has Continue reading the post...

Let me take a wild guess. You want to add a stream of income to your business, but you don’t want to sell your soul to the deceptive devil to do so. You have seen some WordPress professionals make extra money with affiliate marketing, but you don’t want to put out a bunch of “reviews” that only give your affiliate link to a product you may not even like. Is that you? You are probably like the user on Reddit Continue reading the post...

More than once I’ve had comments about my thank you page. You see, I have a lead magnet and when you submit your email, I don’t give you a boring, bland thank you. No, I go overboard. Well, almost. I take that opportunity to start the relationship, the onboarding, by nurturing from the beginning. I even insert a cool GIF that will undoubtedly make them smile. I remind them that they are on the list until they confirm their email. Continue reading the post...

You know that feeling when you tried something and failed miserably? That’s the feeling I get when I think about affiliate marketing. To be fair, it was not a total bust. I actually made a little bit of money. You see, in the late 2000’s, I had a football website. From here, this is where I got my start with WordPress. The football website pretty much broke must of the guidelines you need to follow when trying to make money Continue reading the post...

Various WordPress tools are useful for content marketing.  “I was feeling like we had lost control of our marketing as a company.” With these words, Marcus Sheridan decided to launch a website. And, he began to write content. “We started writing,” he said. “We wrote about what people wanted to know. So, I took all the questions I had ever learned over the previous seven years, and started answering each one.” With that, Sheridan’s website exploded and his company became known Continue reading the post...